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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe

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Also by Gene Wolfe:

The Wolfe at the Door, November 2023
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Sword & Citadel, August 2021
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Shadow & Claw, June 2021
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The Wizard Knight, August 2020
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Interlibrary Loan, June 2020
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Salt Of The Air, September 2006
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SHADOW & CLAW
By: Gene Wolfe

New Sun #1
Tor Books
June 2021
On Sale: June 8, 2021
528 pages
ISBN: 1250781256
EAN: 9781250781253
Kindle: B008S0E77Q
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Science Fiction | Fiction Adventure | Action

The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis" by Publishers Weekly.

Shadow & Claw 
brings together the first two books of the tetralogy in one volume:

The Shadow of the Torturer is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession -- showing mercy toward his victim.

Ursula K. Le Guin said, "Magic stuff . . . a masterpiece . . . the best science fiction I've read in years!"

The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic, and learn the truth about his hidden destiny.

"One of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century." -- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

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